Interview with Roth Elbert, an activist in Los Angeles with the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) and in Israel. She is the wife of former Kiev refusenik Misha Elbert, and siste... Show moreInterview with Roth Elbert, an activist in Los Angeles with the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) and in Israel. She is the wife of former Kiev refusenik Misha Elbert, and sister-in-law of prisoner of conscience Lev Elbert. Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel. Show less
Gathering with Rami Aronzon, Jean & Andrew Balcombe, Carol & Andrew Bender, Zalman Deutsch, Nomi Roth Elbert, Sue & Sid Gordon, Miriam Laufer, Peretz Rodman, Dr. Yaacov Ro'i, Lessa Roskin, and Rae ... Show moreGathering with Rami Aronzon, Jean & Andrew Balcombe, Carol & Andrew Bender, Zalman Deutsch, Nomi Roth Elbert, Sue & Sid Gordon, Miriam Laufer, Peretz Rodman, Dr. Yaacov Ro'i, Lessa Roskin, and Rae Ann Sharfman -- all travellers to meet refuseniks in the Soviet Union in the 1970s-1980s. Moderated by Joshua Reuben Tapper. Recorded at the home of Enid Wurtman in Jerusalem, Israel. Aronzon was sent by Lishkat Hakesher (Israel's Liaison Bureau, also known as Nativ) to Moscow and Leningrad over Passover 1970. A group of refuseniks was then discussing a plot to fill a Soviet airliner with Jews who wanted to emigrate, and hijack it to the West; they disagreed about whether to attempt it, and Aronzon conveyed their question back to the Lishka. Golda Meir responded not to do it. A smaller group famously attempted a scaled-down version of the plan at a Leningrad airport on June 15, 1970. Aronzon notes that the Lishka did not know the wide extent of the underground Jewish network in the USSR. The Balcombes visited refuseniks in Moscow twice, in 1978 and 1979. Jean was an activist with National Council for Soviet Jewry and with Conscience (the Inter-denominational Committee for Soviet Jewry). Andrew was a member of the World Presidium for Soviet Jewry, chairperson of National Council for Soviet Jewry, and activist with Conscience. The Benders were involved in the Soviet Jewry movement in Philadelphia, along with Lorna Adelman, Bernie & Lana Dishler, and Connie & Joe Smukler. Deutsch, along with the late Dr. David Appelbaum, was sent by the late Aryeh Kroll to visit refuseniks in Moscow, Leningrad and Odessa in 1983. He was active in resettling former refuseniks Yuli Edelstein and Yuli Kosharovsky in the Alon Shvut community. Roth Elbert was an activist in Los Angeles with the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) and in Israel. She is the wife of former Kiev refusenik Misha Elbert, and sister-in-law of prisoner of conscience Lev Elbert. The Gordons were co-chairs of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry at the University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1979. Laufer was president of the Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry at Brandeis University, 1978-79. She visited refuseniks in the USSR in April 1980. Rodman was sent together with Zvi Leverich (later Levran) to the USSR in spring 1979, while a graduate student at Brandeis University. Ro’i is a professor emeritus of Russian history at Tel Aviv University. He traveled to the USSR in summer 1979, officially to participate in an international congress of political scientists at Moscow State University, but in reality to meet refuseniks in Moscow, Kiev, and Leningrad. Sharfman co-founded Detroit Action Committee for Soviet Jewry. Show less
Interview with Caine, activist with Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry (Mo'atsah ha-tsiburit lema'an Yehude Berit ha-Mo'atsot). Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel.
Interview with Dubow Harris, activist with Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) in Montreal, Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry (Mo'atsah ha-tsiburit lema'an Yehude Berit ha-Mo... Show moreInterview with Dubow Harris, activist with Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry (known as the 35's) in Montreal, Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry (Mo'atsah ha-tsiburit lema'an Yehude Berit ha-Mo'atsot), and World Jewish Congress. Recorded in New York, NY. Show less
Interview with Wurtman, activist for Soviet Jewry in Philadelphia and in Israel, and founder of Emergency Aid to Refuseniks. Recorded in Jerusalem, Israel.
Poster with photo of Soviet Jewish prisoner against graphic of brick wall, and text saying he was arrested in 1984 and sentenced to 3 years in labor camp.
Anti-Zionist Soviet poster with art accusing the Israeli government of Menachem Begin with war crimes analogous to those brought before the Nurember War Crimes tribunal. (The words on the small fig... Show moreAnti-Zionist Soviet poster with art accusing the Israeli government of Menachem Begin with war crimes analogous to those brought before the Nurember War Crimes tribunal. (The words on the small figure translate to "Begin clique"). Show less
Part of a poster series with tagline "Free them now," with text and images describing Jewish life in the Soviet Union. Includes a photo of Soviet Jews greeting Israeli Ambassador (later Prime Minis... Show morePart of a poster series with tagline "Free them now," with text and images describing Jewish life in the Soviet Union. Includes a photo of Soviet Jews greeting Israeli Ambassador (later Prime Minister) Golda Meir, refusenik artist Boris Penson's painting "Family", and a letter by refusenik Boris Kochubievsky. Show less
Anti-Zionist Soviet poster equating Israeli action in Lebanon with Auschwitz and other mass murders depicted by a bloody, U.S.-made sword, with Star of David and swastika, and Arab victims.
